Frederick Carter
Sir Frederick Carter | |
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Prime Minister of Newfoundland | |
In office January 31, 1874 – April 1, 1878 | |
Monarch | Victoria |
Lieutenant Governor | Stephen John Hill John Hawley Glover |
Preceded by | Charles Fox Bennett |
Succeeded by | William Whiteway |
In office March 4, 1865 – February 11, 1870[1] | |
Monarch | Victoria |
Lieutenant Governor | Anthony Musgrave Stephen John Hill |
Preceded by | Hugh W. Hoyles |
Succeeded by | Charles Fox Bennett |
Personal details | |
Born | St. John's, Newfoundland | February 12, 1819
Died | March 1, 1900 St. John's, Newfoundland | (aged 81)
Political party | Conservative Party |
Spouse | Eliza Bayly |
Sir Frederick Bowker Terrington Carter, KCMG (February 12, 1819 – March 1, 1900) was a lawyer and Prime Minister of Newfoundland from 1865 to 1870 and from 1874 to 1878.
Career
[edit]Carter was the son of Peter Weston Carter[2] grandson of William Carter and great-grandson of Robert Carter, who was appointed justice of the peace at Ferryland in 1750. In 1855, he was elected to the House of Assembly as a Conservative and was Speaker from 1861 to 1865. In 1865 he succeeded Sir Hugh Hoyles as Prime Minister.
Carter was a supporter of Canadian confederation having been a delegate to the 1864 Quebec conference.[3] However, the Conservatives were defeated on the Confederation issue in the November 1869 election by the Anti-Confederation Party led by Charles Fox Bennett. Even though Newfoundland did not join the confederation until 1949, Carter is considered one of the Fathers of Confederation. Carter became Premier a second time in 1874, serving until 1878, but had dropped the issue of joining Canada. He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in 1878.
In 1880 Carter was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland, succeeding Sir Hugh Hoyles, and served in the post until 1898.[4] During his term as Chief Justice, Carter was a valued advisor for the Colonial Governors of Newfoundland and acted as administrator of the colony in their absence.[5]
Carter was a Freemason of St. John's Lodge, No. 579, a Newfoundland lodge under the United Grand Lodge of England.[6]
He died in St. John's, Newfoundland in early March 1900.[7]
Family
[edit]Carter married, in 1846, Eliza Bayly, daughter of George Bayly, Controller of HM Customs, Newfoundland. The couple had eleven children.
References
[edit]- ^ "CARTER, Sir FREDERIC BOWKER TERRINGTON". Dictionary of Canadian Biography. University of Toronto/Université Laval. Retrieved January 31, 2016.
- ^ Volume one, p. 363, Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador, ISBN 0-9693422-1-7.
- ^ "Carter, Sir Frederick Bowker Terrington National Historic Person". Parks Canada. 2012-03-15. Archived from the original on 2015-12-10. Retrieved 2013-06-10.
- ^ "Sir Frederic Bowker Terrington Carter". www.collectionscanada.gc.ca. 2005-02-05. Retrieved 2013-10-06.
- ^ "Carter, Sir Frederic Bowker Terrington". www.biographi.ca. 2015. Retrieved 2016-06-29.
- ^ Michael Jenkyns (July 2017). "Canada's Sesquicentennial - Freemasonry and Confederation". Grand Lodge A.F. & A.M. of Canada in the Province of Ontario. Archived from the original on 5 December 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
- ^ "Obituaries - Sir Frederick Carter". The Times. No. 36080. London. 3 March 1900. p. 8.
External links
[edit]- Hiller, J.K. (1990). "Carter, Sir Frederic Bowker Terrington". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. XII (1891–1900) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
- Sir Frederic Bowker Terrington Carter
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